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First U.S. catheter ablation procedure for treatment of AF performed at Mount Sinai

The Mount Sinai Medical Center has become the first hospital in the United States to perform a cardiac catheterization procedure using the TactiCath force-sensing ablation catheter for the treatment of symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, or periodic rapid and irregular heartbeats.

11 Mar 2011

Avinger completes patient enrollment in CONNECT trial to treat CTOs linked with PAD

Avinger, Inc., medical device manufacturer of innovative, multi-functional catheters for treating patients with peripheral artery disease, announced that it has successfully completed enrollment in its CONNECT clinical trial.

10 Mar 2011

FDA grants marketing clearance for Teleflex Arrow NextStep Antegrade Chronic Hemodialysis Catheter

Teleflex Incorporated, a global provider of medical technology products, announced today that its Arrow® NextStep™ Antegrade Chronic Hemodialysis Catheter has received market clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The NextStep Antegrade Chronic Hemodialysis Catheter is designed to attain long-term vascular access for hemodialysis and apheresis.

10 Mar 2011

BIOTRONIK's new ablation catheter is now available in Europe

BIOTRONIK SE Co. & KG, a leading manufacturer of cardiac devices, has announced that its innovative new ablation catheter, AlCath Flux eXtra Gold, is now available throughout Europe after receiving CE mark and successfully completing the premarket evaluation in Germany, Italy, Switzerland and several other European countries.

9 Mar 2011

Lab made urinary tube going strong after six years of transplant

In a scientific breakthrough, five boys who were unable to urinate due to pelvic injury were cured for up to six years after getting new lab-grown urethras or urinary tubes that connect with the bladder. This breakthrough comes from Wake Forest University researcher Anthony Atala. It was in 2006 that the team reported the first successful implantation of lab-grown urinary bladders into humans. Today six years after the operation all of the boys continue to do well, with normal or near-normal urinary flow. The boy first treated is now 16 years old and received his lab-grown urethra over six years ago.

8 Mar 2011

Scientists integrate stretchable electronics technology with balloon catheters for cardiac procedures

Cardiologists may soon be able to place sensitive electronics inside their patients' hearts with minimal invasiveness, enabling more sophisticated and efficient diagnosis and treatment of arrhythmias.

8 Mar 2011

Multifunctional balloon catheter can improve cardiac ablation therapy

In an improvement over open-heart surgery, cardiologists now use catheters to eliminate damaged heart tissue in certain patients, such as those with arrhythmias. But this, too, can be a long and painful procedure as many catheters, with different functions, need to be inserted sequentially.

6 Mar 2011

CDC report shows 58% decline in bloodstream infections in U.S. hospital ICUs

A report released yesterday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that central line-associated bloodstream infections declined by 58 percent in U.S. hospital intensive care units.

3 Mar 2011

CRT market in Europe to reach over €4.4 billion by 2017

According to a new report by iData Research, the leading global authority in medical device and pharmaceutical market research, the European cardiac rhythm management, electrophysiology and ablation market was valued at over €2.8 billion in 2010.

2 Mar 2011

OrbusNeich's Sapphire II coronary dilatation catheter is now available in the market

OrbusNeich today announced that the next-generation Sapphire II coronary dilatation catheter is now commercially available, following CE Mark approval.

28 Feb 2011

BCVI offers multidisciplinary approach to treat patients with atrial fibrillation

More than 2.6 million Americans suffer from atrial fibrillation —an erratic heartbeat. If left untreated, the condition can lead to stroke or heart failure. For three decades, 58 year old David Ryan was one of the millions of Americans suffering from the disease.

16 Feb 2011

Aesthetic and dental surgical procedures show greater than average growth

According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, standouts in surgical procedures in terms of growth over the next five years are going to be dental implant, facial injectable, optical coherence tomography (OCT) catheter, spinal nonfusion implant, and percutaneous heart valve procedures in North America.

15 Feb 2011

Story of the heart: Literally as well as metaphorically

Stephen Amidon, a novelist and co-author of The Sublime Engine: A Biography of the Human Heart, writes about the story of the human heart through the world of science, history, culture and our bodies with his brother Thomas who is a practicing cardiologist in Montana and a former medical director of The Hope Heart Institute. Thomas said, “Ironically, I did an angiogram on a patient last week who had very calcified and hardened arteries that were almost precisely in the shape of the Valentine heart… But I don't think the early depicters of that heart shape had access to the same view of the heart that I have.”

14 Feb 2011

MicroCHIPS commences first hPTH clinical study in women with osteoporosis

MicroCHIPS, a developer of innovative drug delivery systems, is initiating the first clinical study to demonstrate precisely controlled delivery of a peptide from a multi-reservoir, programmable, implant system.

4 Feb 2011

New device to treat heart hiccups

"It took off to about 160 beats per minute and then dropped to 50. It seemed confused. Then it went back to normal," recalled Tsuji, 47, an avid cyclist, of that day in 2003. "I didn't notice any symptoms at that point, so I blew it off. I figured there was something wrong with it."

3 Feb 2011

Strategies to improve care include targeting hospital spending, reducing hospital infections

News outlets examine new studies that detail how some hospital-based efforts may lead to improved care.

2 Feb 2011

Older Americans treated in Michigan ICUs see vast decrease in likelihood of dying: New study

Older Americans who were treated in Michigan intensive care units saw larger decreases in their likelihood of dying while hospitalized than similar ICU patients in other Midwestern hospitals, according to a new study evaluating an innovative quality improvement initiative funded by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

1 Feb 2011

Abbott receives US regulatory clearance and Japanese approval for TREK Coronary Dilatation Catheters

Abbott today announced it has received regulatory clearance in the United States and approval in Japan for its TREK and MINI-TREK Coronary Dilatation Catheters for the treatment of coronary artery disease. The TREK system is used in angioplasty procedures and is designed to enable interventional cardiologists to open patients' narrowed coronary arteries. The TREK system received CE Mark and was launched in Europe in May 2010.

1 Feb 2011

FDA approves Corindus CorPath 200 System for pivotal trial to evaluate safety, effectiveness

Corindus Vascular Robotics, a leading developer of precision vascular robotics, today announced it has been granted Food and Drug Administration conditional Investigational Device Exemption approval to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of its CorPath® 200 System in delivering and manipulating coronary guidewires and stent/balloon systems in percutaneous coronary interventions procedures.

27 Jan 2011

First cases using Concentric Medical's Trevo System for ischemic stroke performed in Canada

Marking a major milestone toward expanding the use of Stentriever™ technology for stroke patients, Concentric Medical, Inc., the global leader in acute ischemic stroke intervention, today announced that the first cases have been performed using its Trevo™ System in Canada.

27 Jan 2011

Catheters News and Research

First U.S. catheter ablation procedure for treatment of AF performed at Mount Sinai

Avinger completes patient enrollment in CONNECT trial to treat CTOs linked with PAD

FDA grants marketing clearance for Teleflex Arrow NextStep Antegrade Chronic Hemodialysis Catheter

BIOTRONIK's new ablation catheter is now available in Europe

Lab made urinary tube going strong after six years of transplant

Scientists integrate stretchable electronics technology with balloon catheters for cardiac procedures

Multifunctional balloon catheter can improve cardiac ablation therapy

CDC report shows 58% decline in bloodstream infections in U.S. hospital ICUs

CRT market in Europe to reach over €4.4 billion by 2017

OrbusNeich's Sapphire II coronary dilatation catheter is now available in the market

BCVI offers multidisciplinary approach to treat patients with atrial fibrillation

Aesthetic and dental surgical procedures show greater than average growth

Story of the heart: Literally as well as metaphorically

MicroCHIPS commences first hPTH clinical study in women with osteoporosis

New device to treat heart hiccups

Strategies to improve care include targeting hospital spending, reducing hospital infections

Older Americans treated in Michigan ICUs see vast decrease in likelihood of dying: New study

Abbott receives US regulatory clearance and Japanese approval for TREK Coronary Dilatation Catheters

FDA approves Corindus CorPath 200 System for pivotal trial to evaluate safety, effectiveness

First cases using Concentric Medical's Trevo System for ischemic stroke performed in Canada

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